Occurrence Type: | Accident |
Summary: | Controlled flight into terrain |
Site: | Rasht Valley, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, Tajikistan |
Aircraft Type: | Mil Mi-8 |
Operator: | Tajik National Guard |
Occupants: | 28 |
Fatalities: | 28 |
Survivors: | 0 |
On 6 October 2010. a Mil Mi-8 military helicopter from the Tajik National Guard crashed in the Rasht Valley close to Ezgand and Tavildara, Tajikistan, killing all 28 people on board. The helicopter became caught in power lines and crashed while attempting to land. It was the deadliest accident in Tajik aviation since 1997.[1]